Improvement in butter-tubs



' Patented Sept. 11', 18 77...

ENTOR ATTORNEYS MUM UNITED EMERY W. FENTON, OF JAMESTOWN, N. Y.,ASSIGNOR OF TWO-THIRDS HIS RIGHT TO SAMUEL SWEET AND AUGUSTUS KIBLING,OF SAME PLACE.

' IMPROVEMENT IN BUTTER-TUBS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 195, R13, datedSeptember 11, 1877; application filed July 10, 1877.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EMERY W. FENTON, of Jamestown, in the county ofChautauqua and in the State of New York, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Butter- Tubs; and do hereby declare that thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of referencemarked thereon, making a part of this specification. My inventionrelates to butter and lard pails; and it consists in the devices forfastening the cover to the same, as will be hereinafter more fully setforth.

In order to enable others skilled in the art to which my inventionappertains to make and use the same, I will now proceed to describe itsconstruction and operation, referring to the annexed drawing, in which-Figure l is a plan View, and Fig. 2 a side elevation, of a butter-pailembodying my invention.

A represents the pail, and B the cover thereof. On top of the cover Bare, as usual, two strips, 0 G, as shown; but these strips or cleatsform no part of my invention.

D D represent two bails, made of wire, and attached to the top of thecover B. The ends of each bail D form eyes a a, which are spread apart,and fastened to the cover B with staples b b. The arms of the bailincline inward toward its center, and the center of the bail forms aloop, d, which is bent downward over the outer edge of the cover, andprojects below the top edge of the pail A. This center of the loop isfastened to the pail by means of a hook, h, screwed into the side of thepail.

When the hook is turned downward the bail is held down and the coverheld firmly on the pail; and when the cover is to be removed it is onlynecessary to turn the hook upward, when the bail can easily be released.

It will therefore, under no circumstances, be necessary to bend thebails after they are once fitted; but they may always remain of the sameshape.

Instead of a hook, h, I may, in some cases, use a screw,

It will be seen that, by the construction of the wire bails D, I obtainwith two fastenings, as it were, four lines of bearings, extending fromfour points on top of the cover, which points are about equidistant fromeach other and from the center of the cover, thereby making the coverretain its place without trouble.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

In combination with the pail A and cover B, the wire bails D D,constructed as described, having their ends spread apart, and fastenedto the cover by staples b, and their centers forming loops d, and thehooks h, whereby four lines of hearing are obtained from four points ontop of the cover, all substantially as and for the purposes herein setforth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this14th day of June, 1877.

EMERY W. FEN TON Witnesses FRANK GAL'I, SAMUEL SWEET.

